Reconsidering the role of personality in placebo effects: Dispositional optimism, situational expectations, and the placebo response

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-127

  Geers, Andrew L ^a   Helfer, Suzanne G ^b   Kosbab, Kristin ^a   Weiland, Paul E ^a   Landry, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b ADRIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Optimism; Pessimism; Placebo

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INGESTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PILL; RANDOMIZATION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

EID: 17044396285     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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